The state governors had rejected the proposed autonomy for local governments, which was included in the Amendment.
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The forum disclosed this in a communiqué issued by its Chairman, Inuwa Garba, after its meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.
The event was graced by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Femi Pedro, among others
The speaker made the appeal at the opening of a one-day round-table with Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in Lagos on Tuesday.
Ambode said this when he declared open the Second Quarterly General Meeting of Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, held at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja.
This is to deal with the current deteriorating state of security characterised by persistent losses of lives of innocent Nigerians in the hands of armed groups.